Bavarian Center for Software Innovation

Bavarian Center for Software Innovation

We lead SMEs to success with knowledge transfer from research

The importance of software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) for companies in all sectors is constantly increasing. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to master these skills to remain successful and competitive and fully exploit their innovative power. Bavaria is ideal here as an excellent research and industrial location.

This is exactly where the Bavarian Center for Software Innovation comes in, by bringing together the expertise of various institutions and their existing networks in cooperation with Bavarian universities and making the offer accessible throughout Bavaria.

The Bavarian Center for Software Innovation is a practice-oriented cooperation between theResearch Institute of the Free State of Bavaria, fortiss, the Technical University of Ingolstadt and the University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden with established regional networks.
fortiss manages the center, acts as a multiplier in its network, and works closely with its cooperation partners.

Our targets

We want to strengthen the software competence of medium-sized companies in Bavaria in the long term. To achieve this, we aim to initiate efficient research collaborations with SMEs in the field of software engineering in close cooperation with Bavarian universities.

The Bavarian Center for Software Innovation focuses on the logistics, mobility, engineering, production, health, administration, and energy sectors. We focus on methods from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and industrial communication, machine learning and AI, platform engineering and knowledge-based software engineering, software quality and data quality, and cybersecurity.

The cooperation of the three partners provides a wide range of core competencies in the field of software engineering and AI, as well as regional contacts for joint and targeted research. The Bavarian Center for Software Innovation services are open to SMEs from all sectors.

Let's work together to promote software competence in Bavaria and accelerate the transfer of research results into practice. Contact us today and discover the diverse opportunities at the Bavarian Center for Software Innovation!

Your advantages

  • You gain contact with the various cooperation partners.
  • We identify the right research partner for your application.
  • Together with you, we analyze the potential of your company.
  • We plan targeted cooperations.
  • We support you in selecting and applying for suitable funding programs.
  • We develop initial implementation concepts and software prototypes that quickly lead to added value for your services or products.
 Manuela Lambacher

Your contact

Manuela Lambacher

+49 89 3603522 274
lambacher@fortiss.org

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